The NDP has set out a goal of full employment – a target set to be reached within the next 12 years.

According to the NDP, this would mean unemployment figures dropping to 6.5%, the labour force participation rising from 54% to 65% and 11 million new jobs created over a 20-year period.

South Africa’s current unemployment rate sits at 26.7%.

Here are five of the most important facts from Statistics SA’s latest quarterly employment figures released on Tuesday.

1. A total of 56 000 more jobs has been recorded in the first quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector to 9 838 000, up 6% from the previous quarter.